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Is The Iron Lady a whitewash?http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/jan/04/thatcher-iron-lady-meryl-streep
Liz Hoggard and Peter Lilley debate the accuracy of Meryl Streep's film portrayal of Margaret Thatcher<p><em>The Iron Lady</em> is not a hagiography. But nor is it a political biopic. The film is filtered through Margaret Thatcher's consciousness, from her 10-year bid to win her first parliamentary seat to the sheer physical assault of entering the macho House of Commons. It's very much her story. The film's director <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllida_Lloyd" title="">Phyllida Lloyd</a> has&nbsp;described the treatment as operatic. We see a woman who has sacrificed everything for politics. Who can barely live in the real world when the party dismisses her.&nbsp;For Lloyd (a veteran theatre director), her story is&nbsp;like a female King Lear. </p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/jan/04/thatcher-iron-lady-meryl-streep">Continue reading...</a>Margaret ThatcherMeryl StreepAngela MerkelChristine LagardeAbi MorganPeter LilleyWed, 04 Jan 2012 15:42:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/jan/04/thatcher-iron-lady-meryl-streepLuke Macgregor/ReutersMeryl Streep poses next to a poster for The Iron Lady opposite Parliament in London. Photograph: Luke Macgregor/ReutersLuke Macgregor/ReutersMeryl Streep poses next to a poster for The Iron Lady opposite Parliament in London. Photograph: Luke Macgregor/ReutersLiz Hoggard and Peter Lilley2012-01-04T15:42:00ZBring back the Tory old guard | Harry Phibbshttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/aug/09/conservatives-election-experienced-mps
A David Cameron government is going to need experienced hands. John Redwood and Peter Lilley have a lot to offer<p>Before May 1997, when the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/conservatives" title="Guardian: Conservatives">Conservatives</a> were last in power, many of the leading members of the current shadow cabinet were not even MPs, let alone ministers. Their leader, David Cameron, didn't enter the Commons until 2001. The shadow chancellor, George Osborne, arrived in the same year, as did the shadow home secretary, Chris Grayling. The shadow secretary of state for children, schools and families, Michael Gove, only got elected in 2005. The shadow health secretary, Andrew Lansley, and policy supremo Oliver Letwin first became Tory MPs in 1997 – when so many of their colleagues were buried under the Labour landslide.</p><p>This team seem likely to win the next election, but when they are dispatched to different bits of Whitehall to run government departments with budgets of tens of billions, will they be muttering, in the manner of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Candidate_(1972_film)" title="wikipedia: The Candidate">Robert Redford</a>: &quot;What do we do now?&quot;</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/aug/09/conservatives-election-experienced-mps">Continue reading...</a>ConservativesDavid CameronGeorge OsborneMichael GovePoliticsUK newsPeter LilleySun, 09 Aug 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/aug/09/conservatives-election-experienced-mpsHarry Phibbs2009-08-09T12:00:00Z